Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Christmas is Coming!

I started a new knit; it's a wool, ribbed hat by the Yarn Harlot. I love the hat, but it's super-tedious to k2p2 ad infinitum! I lose patience with it and have to check Twitter every 2 minutes (if I last that long!).

I'm reading Melissa Wiley's new book, The Prairie Thief. Yes, it's a kids' book, and I am greatly enjoying it---dying to find out if she disappeared like the Entwives, or if she will come back! I couldn't wait to go to bed last night and read, and then I wasn't able to stay awake long enough to finish. If you're a fan of things Scottish, you'll enjoy that aspect of this story.

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Stop in next week and see how much progress I've made on me hat. Or sooner. ;-)

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About Me

I am the wife of a wonderful man who brought me into the Catholic Church through prayer and gentle perseverance, and who puts up with a lot of crazy mood swings. We have 6 beautiful children, though it seems odd to say "children" when half of them are grown, and two of them are living on their own! I'm in my 19th year of homeschooling, but I have only 2 students left at home, and they have begun attending a hybrid-homeschool 2-3 days per week. I am a slightly obsessed knitter who has several projects on needles at any given time, and many more on the "wish list". I enjoy creating beauty, whether through knitting, cooking, painting, or sewing. I'm enjoying my 2 days "off" each week, while I struggle with the reality of a nest that's getting emptier and emptier. Together with my family, we're trying to figure out how live In The World but not be Of The World.

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St. Francis de Sales

"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew."

Memorare

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.